Hinge



P. F. BOETTCHER HINGE Filed Aug. 18, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet l Nov. 19, 1940. P F BQETCHER' 2,222,428

HINGE Filed Aug. 18. 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented'Nov.. 19, 1940 UNITED STATES HINGE'.I

Paul F. Boettohcr, Grand Haven, Mich., assigner to The Bastian-Blessing Company, Chicago, Ill.,

a corporation of Illinois Application August 18, 1938, Serial No. 225,522

i Claims. (Ci. 16-128) This invention relates to a receptacle cover and to a hinge means for supporting the cover.

It has for one object to provide a. mechanism by means of which a receptacle may be hinged in 5 such a manner that moisture collecting on the 4cover or the hinge will not be discharged into the receptacle when the cover is opened.

Another object is to provide a hinge so shaped that moisture collecting upon it will be guided lo and positively discharged away from the opening of the receptacle when the hinge is open.

Another object is to provide an insulating receptacle cover so shaped that moisture collecting upon it will be discharged away from the opening 1l of the receptacle.

Other objects will appear from time to time in the course of the specliication and claims.

The invention is illustrated more or less diatically in the accompanying drawings,

lo wherein:

Figure l is. a perspective view of one form of the cover:v

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken at line 2-2 o! Figure 1; v g

I Figure3 is a plan view of the cover with parts broken away.; and l Figure 4 is a sectional view with parts in elevation through a portion oi' the cover and hinge mechanism. the section being taken at line I-I of Figure 3.

Like' parts vare indicated by like symbols throughout the specification and drawings.

The cover member, when it is applied to a receptacle where insulation is desirable, may be made hollow. As shown, particularly in Figure 1, such a cover is illustrated and comprises a bottom member I, an end wall 2 suitable tor receiving the hinge. and other walls 3 which may be considered asside-walls. The end wall oppo site the wall 2 may be similar in construction to the side walls 3. As shown, the side wallsare provided with outwardly iiared and downwardly curved portions 4. The end wall 2 may have a. depressed portion 6 arranged to receive the hinge in a manner which will be described below.

The hinge is preferably formed of two sections substantially identical with each other, one or;` both of which may or may not include or be attached to a portion of the cover member. As shown. the hinge sections do include such a portion, since they are enlarged to form the maior part oi the top of the cover members butl this might be omitted or it might' be made and installed separately from the hinge.

As shown. there is a cover portion l which may have one or more suitable handles I about two sides and one end. 'Ihe cover portion 6 may have a downwardly depending flange 8 which preferably flts into a suitable groove orv depression 8 formed in the walls 3. The hinge is also provided adjacent one end with lateral and downwardly depending curved enlargements or lips I which may have gutter-like grooves I I formed in them. The hinge portion proper, which as above noted may or may not be integral or attached to the member 8, comprises a raised and rearwardly bent portion I2, and a forwardly and upwardly bent portion I3. Formed on the forwardly bent portion I8 and preferably adjacent its upper edge is a plurality of generally cylindrical hinge members Il. e

When the device is assembled, the cylindrical portions I4 of cooperating hinge sections are fitted together as shown in Figure 1. and a pin I5 is inserted through them to complete the hinge.

The side anges 8 of the member 6 may have additional downward extensions I6 if desired.

These serve to strengthen the attachment o! the hinge and the member 6 to the portions 3 or to other portions of the cover proper.

As an additional means for securing the hinge and the member 6 to the bodyvv ofthe closure, a strip I1, having a downwardly depending portion Il, may be used. As shown, this-'member is made separate from the parts 6 and lfrom the hinge parts and is secured to themembers 6 by soldering; welding, or otherwise, as indicated at I9, I9. The strip I1 may liewithin the depression 5 of the wall 2 so as to bring the bottom oiv the hinge portion I2 ilush against the top of the wall 2'. The dowwardly depending portion I8 may li'e against the inner i'ace of the wall 2 and beheld in place by screws which are positioned within suitable perforations 2l formed in the wall 2.

Obviously the member ls might be otherwise; secured and the invention is not limited to the particular means shown herewith.

As here shown, the cover vis a double member having the two parts which are securedtogether by the hinge construction illustrated, and either of; these may be raised while the other remains stationary, orthe total cover comprising the two parts may be removed bodily. Obviously.` the hinge construction of the present invention might be applied to other covers. It might, for example, be applied to a situation in which one hinge half or portion is secured to the housing of a receptacle, and the other hinge half is mounted on the lid or' covering. In that case, the hinge design would be generally the same.

The invention is of particular importance in connection with refrigerating containers in cooler than that outside.

. constructions of the past, this condensed moisture has tended to fall or flow into the receptacle, and this may of course damage its contents. In the present device, because of the shape of the hinge, this can not occur. Whenv In particular, the details of 'the hinge might bel 4over to the other so that it the parts are closed the upper inclined surface of the member I3 directs any condensed moisture l5` away from the hinge opening. The moisture `liows downwardly away from the portions I4 `along the upper surface of the member I3 and flows or drops off onto the upper surface of the lmember 6. If such condensation occurs, the

moisture will flow downwardly along the downwardly bent portions I0 and will be guided by them or the gutter portions Il and discharged' over the side of the cover `from the container. t

lwhich are of course the 1at the top of the assembly,

and consequently away By positioning the cylindrical portions I4, actual hinge members and by providing the surfaces which guide condensed moisture away from this hinge portion and away from the opening, which occurs when the covers are open, the possibility that the moisture will ow into the container is removed, and consequently the hinge structure of the present invention provides means not only for preventing the passage of `condensed moisture into the receptacle, but provides positive means for guiding such condensed moisture away from the receptaclew It will be realized that whereas I`have herewith showny and described a practical operative device', nevertheless many changes might be made in the size, shape, number and disposition of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention and I wish, therefore, that my showing be taken as in a sense-diagrammatic.

varied, the hinge proper might be used in any desired connection, whether the cover be insulated or not, a single hinge might be used in which the hinge itself is mounted on a fixed base and serves as a hinged connection for a swinging lid, the hinge might,` as in the form part of the lid or cover but might not, and might form merely the hinge. Also, where the construction is embodied in an insulating cover or lid,the cover might be formed of one material or, as here shown, of two. In the present case, the main body of the cover is formed of the members I, 2 and 3, and may be molded as a. unitary structure of rubber or plastics or any other desired material, and the metal member 6 may form part of the hinge or might be separate from it.

IWhereas in the present case the cover is in eifect a two-part assembly, ordinarily one side only is opened, and when opened is moved clear rests partly upon it, and in this manner one hinge part pivots on the other and at all times the opening between the two is kept closed so that water cannot run down through the hinge parts. If water is condensed on both parts while the covers are closed, when one part is flopped or swung over onto the other, the water from the part which has been moved runs onto the other cover and then 75 runs oi over the gutter-like portion and is dipresent case,

assentey rected positively away from the hinge and cannot pass through the hinge or into the container Y beneath it.

Although the hinge has been shown as providing a hollow space bounded by the sections I2 and I3, this space might be lled so that the vhollow would not be present. For some purposes the presence of such a hollow is a disadvantage and where that is the case the hollow would be filled in any desired manner. Thus the invention may be embodied in a hinge which has the hollow space mentioned or from which the `hollow space has been removed.

I claim:

1. A hinge comprising a pair of relatively movable members, each of said movable members having a socket portion and a portion positioned below said socket portion, said latter portion suitable for attachment to a lid, an inclined surface member connecting said socket portions to said latter portion -and forming a gutter in cooperation with said latter portion, ysaid surface member being in part inclined downwardly and away from and to one side of said socket portions, and in part inclined downwardly and back toward the vertical plane of said socket portions.

2. In combination in a hinge, a plurality of members, each comprising a relatively extended portion suitable `for attachment to a cover, said portion having downwardly depending parts extended laterally beyond said extended portion, and an upwardly extending angularly disposed portion adjacent thereto, the two forming'a gutter, the upwardly extending portion carrying a reversely bent, inclined, upwardly extending member.

3. In combination in a hinge, two relatively movable members, each comprising a socket part adapted to receive a hinge pin and an extended part suitable for attachment to a cover or base,

and means connecting said attachment part to said socket part, said means lying to one side of said attachment part and, being in part, inclined away from said socket part, and in part, re-

versed and inclined toward a line drawn vertically downward through the longitudinal axis of said socket.

4. In combination in a hinge'suitable for joining together a pair of generally horizontally disposed cover members, two hinged sections, each comprising a plurality of pintle-receiving portions, and a sheet-like, extended portion suitable .for attachment to one of said cover portions, and

positioned below said pintle-receiving portion; a connection between each pintle-receiving portion and its sheet-like portion, said connection coinprising a member inclined downwardly and laterally away from the vertical plane of said pintle portion and towards said sheet portion, and being rebent downwardly and toward the verticalplane in which said pintle portion, lies.

5. In combination in a hinge, a pair of hinged sections, each comprising a longitudinally disposed,- sheet-like portion, and each having a plurality of pintle-receiving portions, and a connection member joining said pintle-receivingk p0rtions and said sheet-like portion, said connection shaped to provide with said sheet-like portion a gutter disposed longitudinally of said hinge member, and positioned away from said pintle portions and adjacent said sheet. portion, and being of substantially V-shaped cross section 6. In combination in a hinge, a plate, a socket portion spaced laterally from the plane of the and plate, said connecting portion being inclined from the socket portion first toward one edge oi the plate and then toward the opposite edge of the plate to form a gutter between, the socket portion and plate. f

1. In combination in a hinge, a plate, a socket portion spaced laterally from the plane of the plate and a portion connecting the socket portion and plate, said connecting portion -belns incuned from the socket portion mst toward one edge of the plate and then toward the opposite edge of the plate to form a. gutter betweensthe----V socket portion and plate, said plate being -pro-f vided with laterally projecting lips adjacent the 

